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Styx

Goddess of the River of Death The Styx is the Last Drop of Darkness, and gave birth to Zaramaka, the first true water. She is the main river of the underworld, though…

Edzaroun

Goddess of Oaths and Black Waters Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 33 2023 The Glorantha Sourcebook 80 2018 None listed Other Darkness Deities, as River Edzaroun Genealogy Page Year Tree…

Harmast’s Heroquests

Posted on October 12, 2021

This excerpt is from Greg Stafford’s unpublished Harmast Saga (1991) Here are the times that Harmast went to the Hero Plane before he returned with Arkat. First, for a glimpse, at his…

Darkness Genealogy II

Posted on March 7, 2024

The Darkness pantheon is an unusual in that most of these cults are worshiped primarily or even exclusively by non-humans. Darkness is deadly, fearsome, devouring, crushing, cold, silent, secretive, and mysterious, and…

The Sky Gods

Posted on December 27, 2023

The Sky is orderly, regular, and far removed from mortal ephemeralism. The Sun, planets, and stars move in regular patterns through the sky. Clusters of stars form constellations, associated with gods, monsters,…

Darkness Genealogy I

Posted on July 3, 2022

I’ve always loved the divine genealogies that Kalin Kadiev did for us for the Glorantha Sourcebook, but unfortunately they were not complete enough for the Cults Book. Fortunately, Katrin Dirim has risen…

Turning an Adventure into a Heroquest

Posted on June 24, 2025

Turning an adventure into a heroquest is easier than you might imagine in RuneQuest. Let’s remember what a heroquest is at its most elementary – a heroquest is a commingling of the…

Going to hell (2012)

Submitted by RoM on Thu, 13/12/2012 – 09:52I am running the Colymar campaign since the day the Sartar book was published. Finally we have reached the point that my group descended into…

White Bull Season 1 Episode 27 – transcript

0:09welcome to another episode of the Chaosium house Runequest campaign0:15i am Jefferson and i will be your GM tonight and we’ve got the whole team together so0:22uh last session if you will…

Minor Gods

Posted on December 9, 2022

Among the more interesting (and culturally important) minor gods in Glorantha include: Additionally, most Chaos gods rate as minor – Bagog, Krarsht, Krjalk, Pocharngo, Tyram, Vivamort, Xamalt, etc. Now some of these…

Campaign Log – Book One — The Quest

Chapter 1 Genertela It all started back in Pavis when the sorceress wanted an egg. Not just any egg, but an “Anything Egg” which would supposedly hatch whatever the owner wished it…

CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – S

Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: S (page 788 – 793) Sabadari 229, 233 Sabaki Gorge 561, 572, 573 Sabaki River 569, 572 Saber-toothed cats 311 Saber-tooth Salmon 636 Saber-tooth…

CHA4045 The Lunar Way – Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W Y Z

What is the Third Age History of the Sun Dome Temple in Sartar (2008)

Answer by Greg Stafford and Jeff Richard. The Kitori Empire After the disasters of the Closing and the Dragonkill, many Kethaelans turned to the Nightcult. The Kitori Empire was reborn and many…

Borderlands & Beyond – Index

Symbols 5-Eyes Temple 105 A Abelar 254 Abrogation 23 Agimori 30, 161 Agimori Arms and Weapon Skills 35 Agimori Characteristics 34 Agimori Cold Effects Table 31 Agimori Cult Membership Chart 32 Agimori…

CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

ISS3007 Arcane Lore – Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X Y Z

Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – S

Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Safe 76 2 Argan Argar RQG 289PR 55 Initiates Argan Argar PR 62 Gorakiki initiates (associate) Scram 76 1+ Eurmal (Imp subcult) LB 55 Initiates Scum…

CHA4041 Mythology – Index

CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X…

RuneQuest Campaign Heroquesting

Posted on June 26, 2025

So while I am on this whole “through a heroquest into your RuneQuest campaign” kick – here’s some ideas: Pay attention to the calendar. If the characters decide to adventure on a…

White Bull Season 1 Episode 26 – transcript

0:08okay welcome back to another episode of the White Bull campaign the Chaosium house0:17Runequest campaign. I’m Jeff Richard and i will be your gamemaster for tonight and0:23if you all remember last session…

CHA4034 The Red Book of Magic – Index

Index for CHA4034 The Red Book of Magic. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S S (cont.) T U V W…

Jeset

The Ferryman, Guide to Hell One of the Seven Sacred Ancestors, the ancestors of all trolls. Jeset, the Ferryman of the Dead, built the first boat. He uses it to ferry souls…

Daliath’s Well

Posted on December 7, 2022

At the bottom of the ocean is a Sacred Well that reaches down to the mysterious underworld waters of the Styx, the primal waters that arose from the Void. Those who drink…

Navigating the Hero Plane

Posted on December 4, 2022

So when thinking about any heroquest, I start by looking at one of Greg’s old Hero Plane maps. This is a map of archetypes – and not the same thing as the…

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